CSI: Can’t Stand It
If you’re grossed out easily, this post isn’t for you.
RANT:
I should start off with the disclaimer that I used to love shows like CSI, Law & Order, ER. I also used to work in the justice system, volunteer with the local rescue squad as a cardiac technician and I have seen the real blood of a murder victim on the hands of her murderer as well as other tragedies that these shows glorify.
Last night I watched CSI (or any show like it) for the first time in many months and was really sickened by the level of “realism” that the writers, director and TV people are putting into it. I watched a police detective lift the severed head of a murder victim out of a creek. I watched a police detective being shot in slow motion, complete with fake blood flying out of his wounds. I watched the autopsy of the aforementioned severed head victim, complete with them realigning the severed head with the man’s torso.
What makes this truly disturbing is the great efforts that everyone involved in the production goes through to make it realistic and yet how very unrealistic it truly is. I’ll first start off by saying that the sound effects they use…completely inaccurate. Our bodies, dead or alive, do not come anywhere close to the level of disgusting sounds portrayed on the television. Furthermore, police detectives do not lift severed heads from anywhere by their hair and stare into their eyes.
It amazes me that this stuff is allowed on television. This is the kind of thing that movies like Friday the 13th were originally rated R for.
Remember, I used to love this stuff, but having some time off from it has really opened my eyes to how truly disturbing it is.
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